Shift Towns · Massachusetts
Walking, biking & transit in Westwood
See the routes Westwood neighbors actually walk, ride and take transit on, what's happening locally, and how the town is trending — built from real trips logged in the Shift app.
Keep a pulse on Westwood. New street projects, meetings worth your voice, and how Westwood is moving. One or two emails a month.
Get involved in Westwood
Safer streets are made by neighbors who speak up. Start small:
In Westwood
Clubs & ride groups
- Landry's Bicycles — Organizes group rides in and around Westwood.
Regional & statewide groups, 7 more
Advocacy groups
- LivableStreets Allianceregional — The Metro Boston advocacy group for people-centered streets and transit, whose research and comment letters cover projects across the region.
- TransitMattersstatewide — The transit advocacy group pushing for faster, more reliable buses and trains across Greater Boston, with data-driven campaigns anyone can join.
- Transportation for Massachusetts (T4MA)statewide — A statewide coalition of community groups advocating for safe, affordable, and reliable transportation choices in every corner of the state.
- WalkMassachusettsstatewide — The statewide walking advocacy organization that leads walk audits and pedestrian-safety campaigns, with open network meetings on Zoom the third Wednesday of each month.
- MassBikestatewide — The statewide bicycling coalition — a way to plug into bike advocacy, group rides, and Bike Month events across Greater Boston and beyond.
Commuter perks & fare help
- MBTA reduced faresstatewide — Reduced-fare programs for seniors, riders with disabilities, people aged 18–25 on low incomes, and middle and high school students. Most cut the fare roughly in half.
Get updates
- MBTA accessibility alertsstatewide — Live notices when an elevator or escalator is out of service, plus how to arrange a shuttle when one is. Worth subscribing to if a lift is part of how you get to the platform.
Events near Westwood
A few picks over the next 30 days — the full calendar has everything.
The Cosmic Tree: A Universal Symbol of Life: Ginkgoes and Conifers
Sun, Nov 8 · Walter Street Gate · 6.6 mi away
FreeRegistration req’dHistory Hike of the Blue Hills Reservation
Sat, Nov 14 · Houghton's Pond @ 840 Hillside Street, Milton, MA, 02186 · 5.5 mi away
Beginner-friendlyRegistration req’dNature Walk at Arnold Arboretum
Saturdays · next Sat, Nov 14 · Forest Hill Rd, Boston, MA · 7.2 mi away
FreeBeginner-friendlyFamily-friendlyEverybody Hikes (Co-ed) Led By Evangeline! Wellness Hike in the Blue Hills
Sun, Nov 15 · Houghton's Pond @ 840 Hillside Street, Milton, MA, 02186 · 5.5 mi away
Registration req’dBeginner-friendlyFamily Wellness Walk
Saturdays · next Sat, Nov 21 · in front of the Hunnewell Building · 7.5 mi away
FreeFamily-friendlyRegistration req’dBirding Walk/Hike with Mike
Sat, Nov 21 · Braintree Pass Path Trailhead @ Chickatawbut Rd · 6.7 mi away
Beginner-friendlyRegistration req’dNature Walk, Arnold Arboretum (Weekly Group Walk)
Saturdays · next Sat, Nov 28 · Forest Hill Rd, Boston, MA · 7.2 mi away
FreeFamily-friendlyBeginner-friendlyRoams to try
Self-guided routes. Preview the full route here, then check in at each stop in the Shift app to unlock the badge.
Photo by Herry Sutanto on UnsplashStarts 9.8 mi from central Westwood · Walk + transit · 3.6 mi route · 3 hr · Boston
Three world-class museums, zero parking headaches.
Photo by Pascal Bernardon on UnsplashStarts 9.9 mi from central Westwood · Transit · 0.9 mi route · 1 hr 30 min · Boston · Brookline
Four consecutive B Line stops through the heart of Allston, each with a bar worth ducking into.
Photo by Mark Olsen on UnsplashStarts 10 mi from central Westwood · Bike · 7.3 mi route · 49 min · Boston · Brookline
Olmsted's seven-mile chain of parks, end to end.
- 1
- active trips so far in November
- 32.7
- active miles
- 29
- lbs CO₂ avoided*
- 1
- neighbors active so far in November
Westwood joins the Massachusetts board once it logs 20+ trips in a month. Shift Rate is the share of trips taken actively (walk, micromobility, transit). Counts cover November 1 through today, based on trips logged by Shift community members that start or end in Westwood — a growing sample, meant as an interesting local signal, not an official or census-level count. *CO₂ avoided is estimated from active miles traveled (EPA 404 g/mi baseline).
Momentum
Active trips in Westwood by week ending, last 5 completed weeks, and climbing.
Friendly competition
Massachusetts towns by shift rate so far in November, the share of trips taken actively. Every town here has its own page: local stats, popular routes, events, and ways to get involved.
How Westwood moves
Trips and miles neighbors logged so far in November, by mode.
Share of trips
Share of miles
- Train
- 1 trips · 32.7 mi
- Driving
- 0 trips · 9.8 mi
What is this?
Shift is a free app from Green Streets Initiative, a Somerville nonprofit since 2006, for finding better ways to get around. Every walk, bike ride and transit trip people take with Shift adds to Westwood's totals on this page. Shift counts trips on its own.
Put Westwood on the board.
Every walk, ride, and transit trip counts automatically. Download Shift free and put your trips on Westwood's board.
Community stats reflect trips by Shift community members that start or end in Westwood and refresh hourly. Municipalities and community groups can request aggregate data at info@gogreenstreets.org. A project of Green Streets Initiative, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.